Jon Stewart on Rick Perry

Confused by that indictment? Maybe you need a comedian to explain.

What's the point? Jon Stewart unravels the looong story of Rick Perry's indictment.

Photo: Eric Gay, Associated Press

Maybe you've tried but been unable to follow the strange telenovela that is the felony indictment of Gov. Rick Perry. How can a mug shot be an asset to a presidential hopeful? Why do both liberals and conservatives minimize the matter? And what's up with that Travis County district attorney, Rosemary Lehmberg?

Last night on the Daily Show, Jon Stewart summarizes the long, bizarre story -- if not neatly, then at least amusingly. And he even lands a side joke about another Perry scandal: charges that cronyism ruled at the governor's pet agency, the Cancer Prevention Research Institute of Texas.

"Cronyism in cancer?!" asked Stewart. "How does that even work? Do all the benign tumors go to your golf buddies?"

Watch it for yourself below. (The first 30 seconds or so are Hello Kitty jokes. But the rest is all Perry.)

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Lisa Gray is a senior writer on the features desk. Previously, she's held many of the Chronicle's most interesting jobs: Senior editor for digital, features enterprise editor, member of the editorial board, acting op-ed editor, columnist--and, most fun of all, founding editor of Gray Matters, the Chronicle site named "Best Blog" in Texas three years in a row.

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